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Ball Pythons

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The Ball Python Python regius is the smallest of the African pythons and is a popular pet available in many color mutations. Adults generally do not grow to more than 3.0-4.0 ft in length, although some specimens have reached 5-6 feet, but this is very rare. Found in Africa from Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Niger and Nigeria through Cameroon, Chad and the Central African Republic to Sudan and Uganda, in the wild they prefer grasslands, savannahs and sparsely wooded areas. The name ball python refers to the animal's tendency to curl into a ball when stressed or frightened. Here you may post messages or questions pertaining to all aspects and issues regarding the keeping, breeding, health, and conservation of ball pythons. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service.

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GBR Press: Snake on loose at radio stn
by - Nov 14, 2007 11:17 AM
0 No replies
dodgy phone photos!
by willzy - Nov 14, 2007 11:02 AM
7 Nov 15, 2007 03:56 AM
by willzy
Another confused genetics question..
by TamiLynne - Nov 14, 2007 08:26 AM
7 Nov 14, 2007 09:28 AM
by TamiLynne
thinking of getting AP 1890/1990
by extensive - Nov 14, 2007 07:36 AM
3 Nov 14, 2007 08:21 AM
by royalkreationz
Answer for Boxienuts!
by BuzzardBall - Nov 14, 2007 07:19 AM
2 Nov 15, 2007 05:56 PM
by boxienuts
Photo Opp
by illbeyoursoldier - Nov 14, 2007 12:05 AM
4 Nov 14, 2007 11:26 AM
by wh00h0069
Spider Clown?
by royalkreationz - Nov 13, 2007 09:49 PM
9 Nov 14, 2007 05:55 PM
by RMB
100% het lavender albino?
by MannyRottie - Nov 13, 2007 07:57 PM
13 Nov 13, 2007 10:17 PM
by sneakyfree
Can it get any better than this?
by Ghireptiles - Nov 13, 2007 05:18 PM
34 Nov 17, 2007 06:54 PM
by WALL2WALLREPTILE
Hypomelanistic Mojave?
by RatliffReptiles - Nov 13, 2007 04:38 PM
5 Nov 14, 2007 10:56 AM
by BackBeat
If you had 1k to spend on any morph???
by MannyRottie - Nov 13, 2007 01:28 PM
12 Nov 14, 2007 12:09 AM
by JenHarrison
breeding?
by mshimmyb - Nov 13, 2007 12:23 PM
4 Nov 14, 2007 07:35 AM
by willzy
Lavender next to regular....
by sneakyfree - Nov 13, 2007 11:00 AM
16 Nov 14, 2007 07:58 AM
by illbeyoursoldier
numbers
by winnipeguy - Nov 13, 2007 10:59 AM
3 Nov 13, 2007 12:00 PM
by BuzzardBall
which pastel would you choose?
by extensive - Nov 13, 2007 08:37 AM
9 Nov 14, 2007 05:05 AM
by extensive
Super PASTEL X Pin...
by MannyRottie - Nov 13, 2007 08:34 AM
4 Nov 13, 2007 10:21 AM
by SpaidsReptiles
more hold backs
by bclarke - Nov 13, 2007 06:59 AM
0 No replies
hold back pastels
by bclarke - Nov 13, 2007 06:58 AM
1 Nov 13, 2007 11:12 PM
by Rapture
Pricing trends...My thoughts
by kirokiro - Nov 13, 2007 03:30 AM
1 Nov 21, 2007 06:13 PM
by whippetluv
IMG's - Proven Yet?
by SPJ01 - Nov 13, 2007 02:08 AM
0 No replies
Success getting rid of mites......
by royalkreationz - Nov 13, 2007 01:56 AM
8 Nov 14, 2007 08:08 AM
by Marcial
Spider doing some strange stuff...
by MannyRottie - Nov 12, 2007 10:48 PM
13 Nov 15, 2007 07:46 AM
by illbeyoursoldier
On the cool side?...
by MannyRottie - Nov 12, 2007 07:57 PM
15 Nov 13, 2007 03:11 PM
by BelgianBeer
Spider - Mojave are there other names?
by snakewrangler69 - Nov 12, 2007 07:51 PM
1 Nov 12, 2007 09:38 PM
by royalkreationz
Does anyone have the ad? Crown royal
by zeroto4legs - Nov 12, 2007 06:04 PM
2 Nov 12, 2007 07:18 PM
by boxienuts
Starter Kit - Flex-Tube Watering with 3
by Rick247 - Nov 12, 2007 05:26 PM
5 Nov 12, 2007 09:06 PM
by havic
plastic bin & temp question ?
by Malays - Nov 12, 2007 04:51 PM
0 No replies
pastave
by boaboy26 - Nov 12, 2007 01:09 PM
2 Nov 12, 2007 07:38 PM
by gardenmum
would a immature male still copulate?
by happysurgeman - Nov 12, 2007 12:11 PM
2 Nov 12, 2007 12:55 PM
by mykee
yellow bellies
by darkstarluke - Nov 12, 2007 11:53 AM
2 Nov 12, 2007 07:19 PM
by darkstarluke
Spot Nose
by rparks1310 - Nov 12, 2007 11:07 AM
5 Nov 13, 2007 05:49 PM
by boxienuts
feeding question
by tweedaldumb - Nov 12, 2007 03:33 AM
10 Nov 13, 2007 11:56 AM
by mykee
Too early?
by ballzy - Nov 11, 2007 11:17 PM
5 Nov 12, 2007 01:05 PM
by mykee
A question for Satan...
by Ghireptiles - Nov 11, 2007 10:42 PM
25 Nov 13, 2007 06:44 PM
by EvilMorphgod
Spider has goofy methods...
by JenHarrison - Nov 11, 2007 10:37 PM
6 Nov 12, 2007 01:10 AM
by JenHarrison
Feeding Q? (Leangthy)
by Rowebert - Nov 11, 2007 09:14 PM
8 Nov 13, 2007 01:46 PM
by toshamc
enticement to switch to F/T...
by MannyRottie - Nov 11, 2007 07:29 PM
8 Nov 12, 2007 08:13 AM
by MannyRottie
Striped Mojave ODDBALL!
by repticulture - Nov 11, 2007 07:03 PM
3 Nov 12, 2007 01:40 PM
by EmberBall
Those of you lucky enough to be...
by EmberBall - Nov 11, 2007 06:03 PM
2 Nov 11, 2007 09:44 PM
by morphdepot
Pin x Pin = ?
by DanW - Nov 11, 2007 05:21 PM
2 Nov 11, 2007 06:05 PM
by wh00h0069
baby shed question
by hmj75 - Nov 11, 2007 03:36 PM
1 Nov 11, 2007 05:58 PM
by John Q
OT: BIG Suri Female
by Tristan - Nov 11, 2007 02:23 PM
4 Nov 12, 2007 08:47 PM
by morphevolutions
Super Vanilla!
by BakerReptiles - Nov 11, 2007 12:26 PM
6 Nov 13, 2007 10:14 PM
by Herpout
? about Piebald breeding
by charbore - Nov 11, 2007 11:53 AM
1 Nov 29, 2007 03:22 PM
by FireStorm
Pastave x Pastel??
by Lamiellm - Nov 11, 2007 11:15 AM
10 Nov 13, 2007 05:45 PM
by RandyRemington
Bumble Bee Just Shed
by latin1956 - Nov 11, 2007 08:36 AM
8 Nov 13, 2007 04:57 PM
by DragonDavy
Thanks Brian Barczyk...kinda long
by royalkreationz - Nov 11, 2007 12:26 AM
6 Nov 11, 2007 05:23 PM
by dmasio13
2 questions: Breeding & Quarantining
by JenHarrison - Nov 11, 2007 12:11 AM
3 Nov 11, 2007 09:57 AM
by j3nnay
Hard question!
by JoshMolone - Nov 10, 2007 11:41 PM
13 Nov 12, 2007 07:51 AM
by extensive
Pictures!
by j3nnay - Nov 10, 2007 11:15 PM
10 Nov 12, 2007 10:35 AM
by j3nnay
Is the sky still falling?
by charbore - Nov 10, 2007 11:15 PM
2 Nov 11, 2007 11:58 AM
by charbore
give a year off?
by extensive - Nov 10, 2007 09:44 PM
2 Nov 11, 2007 08:02 AM
by Steve_Harrison
Advice & ideas on project
by Gsc - Nov 10, 2007 08:31 PM
0 No replies
A couple pics.
by AFR - Nov 10, 2007 08:18 PM
8 Nov 13, 2007 07:32 AM
by alicecobb
How often do u mist cypress...
by MannyRottie - Nov 10, 2007 07:43 PM
2 Nov 11, 2007 12:10 PM
by jyohe
Shipping to puerto rico
by snakeboy38jm - Nov 10, 2007 06:15 PM
0 No replies
Picture of a Postave
by Lamiellm - Nov 10, 2007 05:28 PM
2 Nov 10, 2007 06:32 PM
by mykee
Piebalds
by charbore - Nov 10, 2007 11:02 AM
0 No replies
This guy never stops!!!
by ThomasHarrison - Nov 10, 2007 10:22 AM
1 Nov 10, 2007 03:39 PM
by mistysprouse
Morph book
by zetaphidiablo - Nov 10, 2007 08:07 AM
3 Nov 10, 2007 06:39 PM
by mykee
Sore on underbelly?
by SneakySnakesINC - Nov 10, 2007 02:33 AM
2 Nov 10, 2007 07:31 PM
by SneakySnakesINC
Pastel or more?
by brianray - Nov 09, 2007 10:48 PM
4 Nov 10, 2007 09:30 AM
by brianray
male female ball
by Idothatforme - Nov 09, 2007 10:40 PM
1 Nov 09, 2007 11:08 PM
by zefdin
substrate?
by MannyRottie - Nov 09, 2007 10:18 PM
11 Nov 10, 2007 08:47 PM
by RinL
Cant get him to eat
by ginko22 - Nov 09, 2007 10:05 PM
1 Nov 14, 2007 05:35 PM
by wreckless
breeding question?
by dandjreptiles - Nov 09, 2007 05:44 PM
4 Nov 10, 2007 10:01 AM
by wh00h0069
Female lesser platnium
by adamirwin - Nov 09, 2007 04:38 PM
1 Nov 09, 2007 07:40 PM
by melindaste
Desert Ghost
by bigwill0630 - Nov 09, 2007 04:10 PM
3 Nov 10, 2007 07:35 PM
by EVILMORPHGOD
Happy Friday! (Pics)
by AaronMJones - Nov 09, 2007 03:10 PM
15 Nov 12, 2007 07:50 PM
by MannyRottie
Crazy Genetic Breakdown
by Lamiellm - Nov 09, 2007 01:36 PM
17 Nov 11, 2007 01:30 AM
by LadyOhh
TX Press: Police free girl from python
by - Nov 09, 2007 12:37 PM
8 Nov 11, 2007 08:50 AM
by rsherman79
Breeding......
by jimmyeo3 - Nov 09, 2007 10:38 AM
6 Nov 10, 2007 10:24 AM
by wh00h0069
too small to breed
by extensive - Nov 09, 2007 10:22 AM
2 Nov 09, 2007 06:38 PM
by Steve_Harrison
how do you pronounce piedbald?
by justinmatthew - Nov 09, 2007 09:30 AM
5 Nov 09, 2007 01:37 PM
by toshamc
more on F/T...
by MannyRottie - Nov 09, 2007 08:16 AM
5 Nov 09, 2007 10:29 AM
by EricIvins
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